COPY Spanish 103 Chapter 8

¡Qué bueno!

That’s great

¡Qué gracioso!

That’s funny

¡Qué casualidad!

What a coincidence

Claro…

of course

Cuenta, cuenta…

((come on,) tell me…)

¿Qué paso?

What happened?

¡No!

No!

¡No me digas!

no way! /you’re kidding!

¿Ah sí?

oh yeah?/really?

¡No lo sabía!

I didn’t know that!

¿En serio?

seriously?

me cuesta + infinitive

I find it difficult

me siento + adjective

I feel

me enfado cuando + verb in present

I get (angry when)

me cae(n)…bien/mal/fenomenal/fatal

to…like/dislike/to really like/ to really dislike

llevarse… bien/mal/fenomenal/fatal

to get along… well/badly/very well/very badly

caerle… bien/mal (a alguien)

to like/dislike (someone) [caerle works as a verb to like then bien/mal work as dis-like or just good-like]

costarle (algo a alguien)

to be difficult (for someone) [costarle here is to cost someone time,effort, etc. that is why its the reflexive verb cost, because something being difficult cost a person xyz]

darle (algo) miedo/asco/risa… (a alguien)

to scare/disgust, to make (someone) laugh [dar = to give, le = him (in a nongendered/nonnumbered way) here you are giving someone feelings of something, ex: giving people feelings of disgust/making them feel disgusted]

destruir (algo)

to destroy (something)

encantare (algo a alguien)

to love

llevarse…bein/mal (con a alguien)

to get along…well/badly (with someone)

(no) molestar (algo a alguien)

to (not) bother (someone)

odiar (algo)

to hate (something)

ponerse (contento/a, trisite, nervioso/a…)

to become..

sentirse (bien, mal, cómodo/a, nervioso/a…)

to feel…

(no) soportar (algo)

to (not) tolerate (something)

sufrir

to suffer

concer gente

to meet

sentimientos y emociones

feelings and emotions

cara a cara

face to face

en las redes sociales

on social media

acercarse a alguien

to approach/to go up to someone

mantener una conversación

to hold a conversation

conocer nuevos amigos

to meet new friends

hacer amigos

to make friends

amigos y conocidos

friends and acquaintances

un(a) vecino/a

a neighbor

un(a) buen(a) amigo/a

a good friend

un(a) buen(a) vecino/a

a good neighbor

compañeros/as de trabojo

work colleagues/coworkers

los seres quierdos

loved ones

compañeros/as de actividades

activity partners

relaciones sentimentales

romantic relationships

separarse de

to separate

divorciarse de

to divorce

casarse

to get married

irse a vivir con

to move in with

tener hijos con

to have children with

conocer a

to meet

salir con

to go out with

enamorarse de

to fall in love with

romper con

to break up with

amor romántico

romantic love

el amor eterno

endless love

la felicidad

happiness

las relaciones de pareja

romantic relationships

el amor de mi vida

love of my life

redes sociales y apps

social media and apps

herramientas

tools

aplicaciones para

apps for

facilitar la comunicación

to facilitate communication

interacción virtual

virtual interaction

amigos

friends

seguin a alguien

to follow someone

borrar/bloquear/dejar de seguir..

to block/unfollow someone

uso

use

interacción en la vida real

real-life interaction

interacción cara a cara

face-to-face interaction

no abusar de las redes sociales

to not misuse social media

(pues) resulta que

(so) it turns out that

¿A que no sabes (lo que me pasó el otro día)?

Guess… (don’t you know)

ser

used to present characteristics as essence of people or things (identifying, specifying origin or nationality, talking about profession, describing personality, describing physical apperance)

estar

used to present these characteristics as temporary, inidental or result of our experience (estar + past particle, estar + bien/mal, estar + gerud)

ser and estar

SOME adjectives change meaning depending on if they are with ser or estar (ser refering to natural state) (estar refering to temporary state)

(direct object pronouns) masculine singular/part of the discourse

lo

(direct object pronouns) masculine plural

los

(direct object pronouns) feminine singular

la

(direct object pronouns) feminine plural

las

(indirect object pronouns) masculine and feminine singular

le (se)

(indirect object pronouns) masculine and feminine plural

les (se)

position of pronouns

when there is more than one person order is: indirect object pronoun + direct object pronouns

with conjugated verbs pronoun comes before the verb

pedir (yo)

pedí

pedir (tú)

pediste

pedir (él/ella/usted)

pidió

pedir (nosotros/nostotras)

pedimos

pedir (ellos/ellas/ustedes)

pidieron

dormir (yo)

dormí

dormir (tú)

dormiste

dormir (él/ella/usted)

durmió

dormir (nostros/nostoras)

dormimos

dormir (ellos/ellas/ustedes)

durmieron

venir (yo)

vine

venir (tú)

viniste

venir (él/ella/usted)

vino

venir (nosotros/nosotras)

vinimos

venir (ellos/ellas/ustedes)

vinieron

hacer (yo)

hice

hacer (tú)

hiciste

hacer (él/ella/usted)

hizo